These similarities may reflect a common origin in the ancient Middle East.

In other words, the similarity of the names is strictly coincidental and does not reflect any ethnic unity beyond Germanic.

Rather, the similarities in skull morphology reflect convergent evolution to cope with the different challenges of daytime and nighttime feeding.

This similarity reflects common principles and strong relations between the two countries.

These similarities to other organisms probably reflect both early origins in the history of life and their high level of efficiency.

In particular Georges Cuvier insisted that species were unrelated and fixed, their similarities reflecting divine design for functional needs.

The similarity to the Scottish flag reflects the province's name, which is Latin for "New Scotland".

And whatever similarity she thought she saw to his cover story only reflected her own derelict state of mind.

These five species are not each other's closest relatives according to analyses of cytochrome b sequences and their similarities reflect convergent evolution.

The significant similarities with the Russian montage reflect an element of influence.